Sarita: Agents, guardsmen find about $3M in marijuana

The Drug Enforcement Administration in Corpus Christi on Friday was
investigating the case of a 36-year-old Santa Rosa man accused of
transporting 168 bundles of marijuana with an estimated value of
$3,381,600 in his 18-wheeler truck when he was stopped at the Sarita
Border Patrol checkpoint.

The U.S. resident was arrested Thursday after a Border Patrol canine
team led agents to 4,227 pounds of marijuana.

Texas National Guard troops assisted the Kingsville agents by
removing the drugs from a false compartment in the truck, authorities
said.